Another unknown situation that he might have had some insight into is the DC-DC converter, which is built into the battery assembly. Just anecdotally someone who looked at a Clarity battery said that it appears it would be very difficult to replace the DC-DC converter as it is buried inside all of the other electronics. Don't know how true that is but in at least one case someone who had their DC-DC converter fail under warranty the dealer swapped out the entire battery. So that may be the case post-warranty also. I have read, again anecdotally that it's relatively easy to remove and re-install a Clarity battery, so there will likely be independent repair shops available where people can go to get a new or refurb Clarity battery installed. However those same repair shops may not have the expertise to replace the DC-DC converter within the battery if that's a really specialized procedure, the result being that a failed DC-DC converter will require getting a new or refurb battery. Which might be the better thing to do anyway, assuming that the battery is already old at that point, and I'm guessing the parts and labor cost of replacing just the DC-DC converter would be pretty expensive if done separately, and again it may be difficult to find a place that can even do it, maybe not even at a dealer. So if that's all true, then realistically the DC-DC converter would best be thought of as just one of the parts of the battery, meaning that just like any other part of the battery if it fails then a new or refurb battery will be needed.